Qatar A333 near Tehran on Dec 30th 2016, suspected fuel leak
Last Update: December 31, 2016 / 20:37:30 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 30, 2016
Classification
Incident
Cause
Suspected fuel leak
Airline
Qatar Airways
Flight number
QR-141
Departure
Doha, Qatar
Destination
Barcelona, Spain
Aircraft Registration
A7-AED
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300
ICAO Type Designator
A333
A passenger reported about 2 hours into the flight a member of the flight crew came to the cabin and looked at the left hand engine (CF6). The passenger subsequently learned the crew suspected a fuel leak on that engine. Nothing out of the ordinary was visible however.
A replacement Airbus A330-200 registration A7-ACD reached Barcelona with a delay of 7:20 hours.
The occurrence aircraft was able to resume service 8 hours after landing.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 30, 2016
Classification
Incident
Cause
Suspected fuel leak
Airline
Qatar Airways
Flight number
QR-141
Departure
Doha, Qatar
Destination
Barcelona, Spain
Aircraft Registration
A7-AED
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300
ICAO Type Designator
A333
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